December 2018 Archives

Last night in Sonoma, the City Council voted 3-0 to ban all the use of the herbicide glyphosate by City staff in all parks and along bike paths. The Council was acting on a Staff recommendation to “ban the use…

“The animals that pass through the butterfly center won’t be the only living beings impacted by the wall. The Center for Biological Diversity found that the wall threatened a total of 93 already endangered or threatened species, including ocelots and…

Support your local farmers January 8th: THE ANNUAL NORTH BAY CAFF & FARMERS GUILD GATHERING! You’re invited to the most local, farm-to-table, homegrown event of the year! Join the whole North Bay CAFF & Farmers Guild community as we gather…

The Treesolution book can be downloaded here The Treesolution: How Germany could have removed 15% of the world’s CO2 emissions instead of being Europe’s largest burner of coal Last week the Guardian wrote that emissions must drop 45% by 2030 to…

Every minute, one million plastic bottles are sold globally, but only a mere 14% get recycled. Plastics pollution is so widespread that it has even been found in the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean. Scientists Accidentally Create…

Please drop a quick note and do wildlife and your pets a Christmas good deed! From local Park Ranger Anna Federico: Today is the last day for comment, urging the state to ban all these anticoagulant rodentacides. I had thought…

Dear Reader, this post is from waccobb.net, a wonderful local website/blog for West County, this is a valuable site for local views. WWW supports quality of life for residents and protections for the environment with sensible and realistic regulations for this…

Wine and Water Watch posts neighborhood comments so the community can express their views on the cannabis issue. WWW supports community and the environment and sensible regulations. Neighborhood Post Hi all – The next five days are our LAST…

For those who were unable to attend the Supervisor’s hearing on Tuesday, we are posting the gist of FOG’s presentation so that our position on the trails/parks issue is clear. I spoke for Friends of Graton and Friends of Atascadero…

HANNAH BEAUSANG THE PRESS DEMOCRAT | December 14, 2018, 12:11PM Image: Kent Porter, PD Thousands of Sonoma County residents who rely on groundwater will likely see new fees on their property tax bill next fall, helping pay for a legally…

Glyphosate should have been banned by the City of Sonoma years ago. What is taking so long? JANIS MARA SONOMA INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER | December 13, 2018, 5:56PM Weedkillers containing glyphosate, a substance that may be linked to cancer, could…

Do we have our kids backs? ‘Whoever You Are, Wherever You Are, We Need You’: 15-Year-Old Greta Thunberg Calls for Global Climate Strike “Science has clearly told us that we need to act now to keep the planet within 1.5…

Note 100 foot set back boundary which is causing so many problems at the Graton grow, a wall would work for the county’s “Team 420” AKA our Permit Sonoma planners. Controversy and chaos at the Sonoma Valley Citizens Advisory Commission…

Wine industry, take note…. “To start, let’s put America’s problem with alcohol in context: As of 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that excessive drinking causes 88,000 deaths each year in the US. If you care…